Elizabeth Holmes may still be behind bars, but she seems pretty optimistic about her future.
The disgraced Theranos founder, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence for fraud, posted a cryptic message to
Holmes is currently being held in the minimum security federal detention camp in Bryan, Texas, alongside Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. Jen Shah from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City was also detained, but completed her 6.5-year sentence for wire fraud on August 28.
On Friday, shortly before 10 p.m., Holmes, 42, retweeted one of President Donald Trump’s usual videos touting his administration’s accomplishments. His caption was brief: “We win. »
Holmes didn’t explain what exactly she thought was being won, or simply who the “we” is. But the timing of the release is certainly interesting.
The former Silicon Valley wunderkind is expected to leave federal prison next August and move to a halfway house in Texas, after more than three years in prison for defrauding investors. His sentence has already been reduced several times.
Holmes has made it no secret that she wants Trump to cut it even further.
In December, Holmes formally asked Trump to commute his sentence, seeking to get out of prison years early. The Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney still lists his pardon request as “pending.”
Meanwhile, Holmes gets a very public second act of sorts. You can see everythinga new documentary by comedian Nathan Fielder and filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, was made largely in secret for three years after Holmes invited the filmmakers to her home 34 days before she arrived in prison. The nearly three-hour film follows Fielder as he gains extraordinary access to Holmes and her family, including her efforts to maintain that she has been misunderstood and has done nothing wrong.
The film premiered in Telluride earlier this month and is scheduled to hit theaters on October 16. In his trailer, Fielder bluntly questions Holmes about whether she truly believes she did nothing wrong. “I didn’t,” she told him.
There is no indication that Trump had anything to do with Holmes’ planned move to a halfway house. The Bureau of Prisons declined to confirm the release plan, and its spokesperson said the agency does not discuss release plans for individual inmates.
Still, it’s hard to ignore the timing. Holmes is still waiting for a response from the president she asked to release her — and now she’s retweeting her victory videos and declaring, “We win.”
But after years of near-total public disgrace, Holmes suddenly has a halfway house on the horizon, a high-profile new documentary about his life and a pardon request waiting on Trump’s desk.
For someone still behind bars, she sure has a lot going on.
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